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View of the Himalayan mountain chain from a Nepal basecamp.
22 Feb 2019
ICIMOD report highlights role of disaster risk reduction for sustainable development in Hindu Kush Himalaya region
Air photo of the Mud Creek landslide, taken on May 27, 2017.
20 Feb 2019
Satellite and airborne InSAR data to investigate landslides transition from stable to unstable motion
Sentinel-2 image shows burnscars near Cape Town, South Africa. The false-colour image shows burnt areas in dark greys and browns, and areas covered with vegetation in red.Image: ESA/ CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
18 Feb 2019
High-resolution satellite images show more wildfire in Africa than expected
Screenshot of ORNL DAAC Soil Moisture Visualizer.
18 Feb 2019
Soil moisture data sets become fertile ground for applications
DLR Humanitarian Tech Days. Image: DLR.
11 Feb 2019
UN-SPIDER attends DLR Humanitarian Tech Days
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Kazakhstan’s Alakol Lake on which large chunks of broken ice float in 5 April, 2016. Climate change threatens to disappear more than one third of Central Asia’s glaciers raising the disaster risk for vulnerable communities. Image: ESA.
28 Jan 2019
World Bank project receives new funding for disaster risk reduction in Central Asia
The CCSTEAP organizes several courses and programmes in the upcoming academic year. Image: CSSTEAP.
28 Jan 2019
24th postgraduate programme in remote sensing and geographic system commences this summer at CSSTEAP
The Japanese coastal town of Otsuchi few days after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Image: Al Jazeera/Flickr.
25 Jan 2019
Japan prepares to test early warning system using Michibiki satellites
Image of the tailings dam flood on 30 January acquired by Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Image: NASA.
25 Jan 2019
International Charter activated for dam collapse in Brazil
Mission team and counterparts during the Institutional Strengthening Mission to Nepal in December 2018.
25 Jan 2019
UN-SPIDER carries out Institutional Strengthening Mission to Nepal

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